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Even though winter is still a few months away, Dan Nyberg, with Morton Buildings says now is the time to tune up your farm shop, and prepare for the colder weather.   “Examine the weather stripping around your larger overhead and hydraulic doors. Taking eq...

Can you afford the USDA's recommended daily allowance of fruits and vegetables?  In other words, how easy is it to purchase the needed produce to meet those dietary guidelines?  USDA economic researcher Hayden Stewart said it's surprisingly affordable!   ...

This weekend, the Washington Legislature passed a State transportation budget that includes a little more than $11 million for highway 26 in Whitman County.  Not only is this an extremely busy and important roadway for farmers across the Palouse and Central Washington, it's also important for those associated with Washington State University.  ...

The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture expressed disappointment this week in the content of President Trump’s budget proposal.  NASDA CEO Barbara Glenn said the budget request would “negatively impact agriculture, particularly at a time when many in agriculture are facing a serious economic downturn.”   NASDA ...

Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue says the USDA will make disaster payments of up to $2.36 billion to help farmers and ranchers recover from 2017 hurricanes and wildfires. The funds, authorized by Congress, are a part of the new 2017 Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program, or WHIP...

Presidential budget proposals have been dead on arrival before.  However, the Hagstrom Report says no budget outline has been as dead as the one President Trump sent to members of Congress on Monday.   No one in the entire American food chain seems happy with what they’ve seen.  Everyone, from mem...

President Trump’s fiscal 2019 budget request to Congress,could have even less impact on lawmakers’ spending decisions than last year’s request, now that a massive two-year budget deal is on the books.  The President proposed $5 billion, or 21%, in discretionary cuts to USDA’s 2018 budget, in everything from food safety and rural development to conservation, research, and foreign food aid.  It was

Stretching that dollar is vital for farmers to be successful.  And to help, Northwest Farm Credit Services is offering tools to help balance the budget.  Carl Sohn, Vice President of Customer and Employee Education at NWFCS, says one of the most effective tools is the Cash Flow Budget.  He said...

With the wintry weather locking many of us in our homes or farms, now is the perfect time according to one financial expert to assess our financial status.   Rutgers University Extension Financial Expert Barbara O’Neill warns, “Don’t overwhelm yourself of course, but just pick off some things you think you can accomplish in the next year.”   But before you se...

In 2016, many farmers were able to break even only because they had such large yields, record yields in some cases.   USDA Chief Economist Rob Johannson says that will likely be the case for 2017 as well, and it’s hard to keep relying on that.   “...